Sight for fire-arms



C. R. SPIEL-TON. Sight for Fire-Arms.

P aten'ted Jan.

N- PETERS, PHuTLITHoGRAPNER, WASHINGTUN, n C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.. v

CLARK R. SHELTON, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

SIGHT F`OR FIRE-ARMS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 223,251, dated January 6, 1880.

Application led November 4, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, CLARK R. SHELTON, of the city and county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, have made certain Improvements in Sights for Fire-Arms; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description and specification ot' the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making part thereof.

Myinvention relates to what is called the rear sight ot' a fire-arm, and is intended to be placed on the breech of a double-ba-rreled gun, in.one of the barrels of which an auxiliary rifle-barrel is to be used; and my invention consists in certain combinations of mechanism, which combinations are specifically set forth in the claim at the end of this schedule.

In order that persons skilled in the art may understand, make, and use myimprovements, I will proceed to describe the manner in which I haveA embodied them, referring to the drawings, in which- Figure l is a rear View of the sight complete as it appears from the breech of the gun, looking toward the muzzle, when attached ready for use. Fig. 2 is aside view, and Fig. 3 is a front View, ot' the same. Fig. 4 isa top View of the saddle B, which is to be attached to the wood of the breech of the gun. Fig. 5 is a top view of the sight-plate C. Figs. 6 and 7 are front and .side views of the standard o.

B is a saddle, whichv is to be attached to the stock of a shotlgun having two barrels, and for the purpose of such attachment 1t is provided with screw-holes a b. its upper surface is provided with two projecting anges, K K, with a binding-screw, m, arranged in one o1' them, to hold the slide n, with the upright o and screw-post p, in any position of adjustment required, whether entered from the ri ght hand or the left, to locate the sight t'or use with the right or left barrel ofthe arm.

The slide u is provided with an upright standard, 0, to which is hinged, at the top, a screw-post, p. On this screw-post is the sightplate C, having a nut provided with a binding-screw to holdit in any position of adjustment desired, the nut being turned on the screw to raise or lower the sight on the screw.

A spring, s, is attached to the back of o to 5o hold the post firmly in place in a vertical or in the horizontal position shown by the dotted lines of Fig. l.

The sight is provided with the small peep'- hole t and the notches v o', of the usual con- 55 struction. I

The sight and the nut may be turned upside down, if desired, to adapt it to the right-hand or left-hand barrel of the arm.

Theuseof the'sightwill be obvious to sports- 6o men. When the shot-gun is used with an auxiliary ride-barrel introduced into either shotbarrel, it becomes important to obtain a much more accurate sight than when the shot-barrels are used alone, for in the latter case one central forward sight between the muzzles of the barrels and one central rear sight between the butts of the barrels will be sufciently accurate; but in using the auxiliary ritle a sight locatedr accurately on the muzzle, over the 7o axis of the shot-barrel containing the riflebarrel, is required, and also a central rear sight in a plane passing vertically through said axis.

My improvement makes provision for such a rear sight, arranged to be raised and lowered and changed for use with either shotbarrel, and also constructed so that it can be turned down out of the way when not needed, as shown in dotted lines, Fig. l. 8o

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

rIhe combination, substantially as herein before set forth, of the saddle and the rectangular sight supporter, arranged to enter and slide toward and from either side of the saddle, its threaded rod, which carries the adjustable sight-plate, being hinged to turn down parallel with the sliding base or at right an- 9o gles to the gun-stock, all constructed and arranged to operate in the mannersubstantially as described.

CLARK R.v SHELTON.

Witnesses:

L. E. MUNsoN, O. H. D. FowLER. 

